RE: Display, Displays, or Appears

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

Nay, gentle Whirligigs, I know not "seems."
Whether "display" is nobler, or "appears,"
Or "open," 'tis but subjectivity,
And therefore all are right, and none is wrong.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bonnie Granat
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 2:25 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Display, Displays, or Appears
> 
> Because the major metaphor in PCs is opening a 
> window, open and close seem most suited for verbs 
> explaining screenside events.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Downing, David
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 12:53 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: Display, Displays, or Appears
> 
> At my work, we generally use "displays," or "Is 
> displayed," although I'm not it's officially 
> codified in our style manual. The feeling around 
> here seems to be that "appears" creates a sense 
> of some sort of magical, supernatural occurrence.
> 

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